Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it's going to reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who need to journey to another state for well being care providers, including abortions.

The attire firm greatest known for its jeans is the newest U.S. company to supply the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders have to make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our workers. Meaning defending reproductive rights," the company said in a statement.

Other firms have pledged to offer comparable assist to their U.S. employees who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday instructed employees it'll pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it's going to start in Might to cowl bills for its staff and their dependents who have to journey to another state for abortion services. read extra

One of many leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, stated it will reimburse journey bills related to receiving girls's reproductive health services that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to assist the fitting to choose that has been a bedrock of settled regulation for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief executive, wrote in a staff memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the first major U.S. bank to make an identical dedication. read extra

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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